On the minimal degree of a primitive permutation group

DOI10.1006/jabr.1998.7451zbMath0911.20003OpenAlexW2075273736MaRDI QIDQ1270101

Robert M. Guralnick, Kay Magaard

Publication date: 17 January 1999

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jabr.1998.7451

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann surfacesprimitive permutation groupswreath productsorthogonal groupsminimal degreeproduct actions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization (30F10) Families, moduli, classification: algebraic theory (14J10) Coverings of curves, fundamental group (14H30) Primitive groups (20B15) Characterization theorems for permutation groups (20B10)

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